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In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) who flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark Bittner . Through his own words, we learn of his life as a frustrated, homeless musician and how he came to live in the area where he decided to explore the nature around him. That lead him to discovering the parrot flock and the individual personalities of it. In a cinematic portrait, we are introduced to his colorful companions and the relationship they share as well as the realities of urban wild life that would change Bittner's life forever.
"Irving's film [is] as informal and easygoing as its subject."
-- San Francisco Chronicle
"It contains ample joys and sorrows, and it will introduce you to some of the year's most memorable characters."
-- Denver Rocky Mountain News
"Bittner is calm, intelligent, confiding, wise and well-spoken."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Irving's insightful, glorious little documentary reveals larger personal truths for her subject while exploring a hidden society of unwanted parrots."
-- Chicago Tribune
"An absolute delight and nothing like the wimpy nature film its title suggests. It's a soaring -- figuratively and literally -- documentary with a surprising emotional power."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Appealing as both nature docu and character study."
-- Variety
"Judy Irving's affectionate documentary profiles a 50-ish San Franciscan who tends a flock of around four dozen wild parrots that live in his neighborhood."
-- New York Times
"Quite simply, a beautiful film, in both form and content."
-- Washington Post
"A bright window into the wild kingdom just outside our door that most of us barely notice, if at all."
-- Toronto Star
"[A] charming, layered documentary."
-- Denver Post
# Actors: Mark Bittner, Judy Irving, See more
# Directors: Judy Irving
# Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
# Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
# Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
# Rated:
# Studio: New Video Group
# DVD Release Date: December 26, 2005
# Run Time: 83 minutes
# From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
# ASIN: B000BB1534
# DVD Features:
* Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
* Origins of the Flock
* Urban Legends
* Update: Mingus at the Oasis
* Parrots Music Video
* Mark Bittner's Home Movies
* Flock Updates
* Deleted Scenes
* Theatrical Trailer
* California Quail Bonus Short
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